Insole for shoes.



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INSOLE FOR SHOES.v

Application led December 31, 191.3.

To 07] i/'/oiii. it may concern.'

Re it known that I, Tiiowias F. RooNiiY, a citizen of the llnited Statesiof America, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of lli'ssouri, have invented certain new and useul Improvements in Insoles for Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

One of the objects of this invention is to facilitate the production of insoles from much lighteranaterial than heretofore.

Another object is to provide an insole with an improved forni of channel.

A further object i s to provide improved means of forming `a channel,k on insoles whereby much labor is saved.

A still further object is to provide anew and improved means of reinforcement for the channels and lips of i -oles.

Other and further objets will appear in the specificatioin and be specifically pointed .out in the had to the appended claims, reference being accompanying drawings exemplifyiiig the invention, and in which,

Figure l is a perspective view of the re` verse side of an insole showing formed thereon and the lip formed from said groove being uptiirned. F ig. 2 is a perspective View similar to F ig. l, showing the channel completely formed on the insole. Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line HI*HI, Fig. l. F ig. 4 is across section taken on 'the line IV-IV, F ig. 3.

Referring to the drawings: l designates the insole for a shoe, said insole having the groove 2 formed therein by a channeling machine. The cutaway portion which is formed from the inaking oi said groove is turned out ot' said groove thus ioiiiied and set up at right angles thereto forming the lip 3. Mounted iii said groove is the right angled reiiil'orcing strip Nrl. Said horizontal poi-tion D'. and the outstanding portion 6. This strip is cemented in the groove 2 and the outstanding portion 6 is also cemented against the lip Said lip 3 Specification of Letters latent.

' ing a channel on insoles, the material for the strip has al Patented Mary 25, 19315. senai No. 809,599.

and outstanding portion 6 then form the reinforced channel lip 7.

In sonic of the present makes of insoles, the material is essentially relatively thick so as to allow a portion of the insole to be ciit away to form the channel without maliing the insole too thin at the cutaway point and so weakening it.

In applicants improved manner of formcomparativel;T thin. 0f groove 2 li'as been, formed adjacent the groove insole can be course, after the in the insole, the insole will be thin and weak. But the weakene portion of the insole is reinforced by the cementing of rthe angular strip 4 in the groove; and the outstanding portion 6, 'which is cemented to the lip 3, will materially strengthen the iipt'urned lip.

Whati claim is: l g

l. An insole having a groove formed therein at a distance from the edge thereof, and a lip foi-ined' at right angles to said groove on the inside edge thereof.

2. An insole having a groove formed therein by cutting along a line at a distance from the edge thereof. a lip formed from the out` away material of said groove, said lip being turned upwardly from said groove on the inside edge thereof, arid an angular reinforcing strip secured in said groove and to said lip.

3. An insole ha ving a groove formed therein at a distance from the edge thereof, a lip to said groove on the foi-ined at right angles a reinforcing strip inside edge thereof, and

vsecured in said ffroove. said reinicoreiinY stri i adapted to reinforce said lip and the \veak cned portion ol' said insole caused hy the forming of said groove.

THOMAS F. RO( lNEY.

In the presence olfm G. l "i.ii'roin;ic, M. C. llamaron. 

